{"id":534674,"date":"2023-10-18T18:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/?p=534674"},"modified":"2023-11-23T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:12:08","slug":"efficient-spaces-michael-kucyk-on-the-independent-music-exchange-were-doing-things-for-the-sake-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/features\/efficient-spaces-michael-kucyk-on-the-independent-music-exchange-were-doing-things-for-the-sake-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficient Space&#8217;s Michael Kucyk on the Independent Music Exchange \u2013 &#8220;We\u2019re Doing Things for the Sake of Music&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/independent-music-exchange\/\">Independent Music Exchange<\/a> (IME) was conceived by Efficient Space label head Michael Kucyk and <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/sleep-d\">Sleep D&#8217;s<\/a> Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos. When they&#8217;re not making scene-defining techno and deep house, Syawish and Kikos run the Butter Sessions label, and Syawish works with Alessandra Peach on the equally excellent Research Records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IME is a two-day indie record label market happening in conjunction with the inaugural&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/the-eighty-six\/\">The Eighty-Six<\/a>&nbsp;festival in Melbourne&#8217;s inner north. IME will set up at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/masaya_reception\/?hl=en\">Masaya Reception<\/a>&nbsp;on Stott St, Thornbury, for two days, bringing together nearly 60 independent and predominantly local labels in a free, all-ages environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-independent-music-exchange-saturday-28th-sunday-29th-october\">Independent Music Exchange: Saturday, 28th &amp; Sunday, 29th October<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvIqba9hWp7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvIqba9hWp7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvIqba9hWp7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by IME (@independent_music_exchange)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Small, grassroots labels such as Music In Exile, Dinosaur City, Altered States Tapes, Cool Death and Spoilsport will be represented alongside more established indies like Domino, Remote Control and Cooking Vinyl Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efficient Space, whose catalogue includes reissues of <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/karen-marks\/\">Karen Marks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/Waak-Waak-Djungi\/\">Waak Waak Djungi<\/a> and contemporary releases by <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/YL-Hooi\">YL Hooi<\/a> and Wilson Tanner, will be there too, and so will Butter Sessions and Research Records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the inuagural event \u2013 which gives local music fans the chance to pick up a wide variety of vinyl, cassettes, zines, test pressings, posters, warehouse finds, signed items and exclusive merch \u2013 <em>Music Feeds <\/em>spoke to Michael Kucyk about what distinguishes an indie label from a major, and how the IME is bringing together a community of music enthusiasts and indie diehards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"IME\" class=\"wp-image-533204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?resize=101,57 101w, https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/IME-Chip-Mooney-2.jpg?resize=203,114 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Chip Mooney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music Feeds: When did you figure out independent labels were something you could trust?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Kucyk: <\/strong>I think since discovering Triple R in high school, which is some twenty-plus years ago. That connected me with a whole constellation of independent music that I was just never aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I actually worked for Mushroom Music [Publishing] for eight years, straight out of university \u2013 or halfway through uni. So I had a pretty fortunate insight into a company that was independent from all perspectives. Merchandise, publishing, multiple record labels, booking agencies, all done with a pretty independent spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I did A&amp;R for Modular, which was quasi-independent. Like, I worked for the owner [of Modular], but it had major label ownership. I think through that experience \u2013 no shade on Modular \u2013 but by the time I got spat out of that, it was just like, \u201cI don\u2019t really want to be part of anything that has a foot in the major world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was like, this is my lane, and I\u2019ve learned all these things \u2013 this is what I want to do now and these are the people I want to be around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MF: What was the big turnoff about working for a major?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael: <\/strong>Being made coldly redundant. And feeling like you were a pawn in a large legal battle. Basically, feeling totally dispensable and of no value whatsoever by people who might as well be bankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3993853853\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sleep-d.bandcamp.com\/album\/electronic-arts\">Electronic Arts by Sleep D<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MF: Efficient Space is a relatively new label \u2013 is it ten years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael: <\/strong>Eight years old this year. We work from this 11-bedroom house in Carlton. So, Butter Sessions are downstairs. I share my office with the couple who do Research Records. They did the first records for <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/Mildlife\/\">Mildlife<\/a>, they do <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/Big-Yawn\/\">Big Yawn<\/a>, they do <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/Glass-Beams\/\">Glass Beams<\/a>. So, I guess we kind of have this unstructured co-op. I distribute both of those labels and we trade a lot of experiences, manufacturing details, dos and don\u2019ts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also do a seasonal garage sale pop-up shop. IME is basically trying to magnify that on a scale that we haven\u2019t seen before, band together a whole bunch of labels that probably don\u2019t get industry support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s the SXSWs and Indie-Cons and BIGSOUNDs, but I still feel like there\u2019s a whole microcosm of labels that never get the call-up for those things. So we\u2019re trying to facilitate an event that\u2019s by us, for us, because god knows we\u2019ve all got a lot of crossover fanbases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m excited. A lot of these labels are one-, two-bit operations, really taking a lot of risk, don\u2019t have a lot of financial backing. So it\u2019s nice to get everyone under one roof and just start talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1800673556\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ylhooi.bandcamp.com\/album\/untitled-2\">Untitled by YL Hooi<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MF: So, in contrast to working at a major label where the focus is on nothing but commerce, is running an indie label \u2013 <strong>for you<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>\u2013 about working with artists you love, releasing good music and building a community?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael:<\/strong> Yeah \u2013 I did a document where I was just writing all the key artists on each label and it was actually amazing to see how many artists had simultaneous-released on multiple labels. I feel like there\u2019s a certain comradery, there\u2019s a certain level of non-competition that doesn\u2019t exist in the other end of the spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major labels will sign an artist for a multiple album deal for an unknown term and they\u2019re solely at the mercy of that label. We\u2019re doing things for the sake of art, for the sake of music. It\u2019s not that restrictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-independent-music-exchange-2023\">Independent Music Exchange 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, 28th &amp; Sunday, 29th October \u2013 Masaya Reception, Thornbury VIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Albert&#8217;s Basement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Altered States Tapes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animals Dancing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anti Fade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bedroom Suck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blossom Rot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butter Sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheersquad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>College Of Knowledge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooking Vinyl Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cool Death<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinosaur City<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domestic La La<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dot Dash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efficient Space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elations <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equinox <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feral Media <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finders Keepers <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh Hold <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good Company <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good Morning Tapes <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holiday Maker <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopestreet <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hospital Hill <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KGLW [King Gizzard &amp; the Lizard Wizard] <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Sape <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Left Ear <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lost and Lonesome <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love Above <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love Police <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lulus Sonic Disc Club <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music In Exile <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N&amp;J Blueberries [HTRK] <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northside <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ONO <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Golden Friend <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pointer <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poison City <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramble <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote Control <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice Is Nice <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sorcerer <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Exposure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spoilsport <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Roundtable <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiny Town <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNFD <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vessel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wax\u2019o Paradiso <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wax Museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Independent Music Exchange runs from 10am-5pm on Saturday, 28th October as part of The Eighty-Six&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/all-of-the-events-happening-for-the-eighty-six-super-saturday\/\">Saturday Saturday program<\/a> (ticket allocation exhausted) and Sunday, 29th October (no ticket required).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-further-reading\">Further Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/all-of-the-events-happening-for-the-eighty-six-super-saturday\/\">All of the Events Happening as Part of The Eighty-Six\u2019s Super Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/the-eighty-six-acts-announced\/\">Theo Parrish, Unknown T &amp; More Added To Melbourne Fest The Eighty-Six<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/air-awards-2023-winners\/\">King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s Independent Music Exchange (IME) was conceived by Efficient Space label head Michael Kucyk and Sleep D&#8217;s Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos. 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